About Ben Wallace

Ben Camey Wallace is an American basketball center and power forward who has most recently played for the Detroit Pistons of the NBA. A native of Alabama, Wallace attended Cuyahoga Community College and Virginia Union University and signed with the Washington Bullets as an undrafted free agent in 1996. In his NBA career, Wallace has played with the Washington Bullets/Wizards, Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers.
He has won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award four times, a record he shares with Dikembe Mutombo. In six seasons with the Pistons, Wallace made two NBA Finals appearances and won a championship with the Pistons in 2004.

That's how we've been playing all year. We're not going to panic regardless of what the situation is. We're just going to go out there, execute, continue to try and get stops. We know if we get stops, we're capable of scoring the ball.

They're a struggling team right now, trying to find their identity. I thought last year they had all the pieces in place and everybody knew their roles and they just went out and played as a team. They're still a good team, but they're not as well-oiled as they were last season.

All that hard work is nothing if we don't continue to play the way we've played. Everybody's focus here is to win a championship. If we don't take that energy into the playoffs, it'd be a wasted season.

I think our whole team has picked it up. We're getting the ball moved from side to side, forcing teams to defend, not letting teams come out and lock in on the plays we're running but force them to cover everyone on the floor. And when we do that, I think we're at our best.